# PS3 40g owners......

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**Created:** [August 10, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037 "2009-08-10T22:25:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/1 "2009-08-10T22:25:24Z")

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Anyone own one of said PS3’s that will allow me to do a temporary HD transplant in it in the near future so I can recover my data files and load them to a USB flash drive?

My PS3 is on my permanent shit list, such a list that usually ends with me driving over things with the truck. Fucking thing will not stay running for more than 15-20 seconds now without “overheating” and shutting down. It’s NOT overheating, has to be some electronic glitch in the chipset as I’ve done all the work to ensure this fucker is staying cool. AS5, AC, direct forced air. At this point I can’t even keep it running long enough to download the files to a flash drive.

All I’ll need to do is remove that small side cover on the left and swap HD’s(takes 20 seconds to do) fire it up and flash everything from my HD to a flash drive so I can upload it to a 60g unit whenever the fuck I get around to getting one.

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**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/2 "2009-08-11T04:00:08Z")

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Submerge the whole unit in a fish tank full of oil, liquid cooling is the next step :lol

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**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/3 "2009-08-11T04:11:55Z")

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You gotta do what steve said. He works for GE or something so hes smart and stuff.

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**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/4 "2009-08-11T08:13:04Z")

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I got a 60gb, not sure if it will work…

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**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/5 "2009-08-11T08:23:17Z")

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> [@FS:universal fit Ram Air hood scoop](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-universal-fit-ram-air-hood-scoop/21267/8):
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> Submerge the whole unit in a fish tank full of oil, liquid cooling is the next step :lol

^^^^ Serious as shit…

Pull everything out that has moving parts… CD Tray and hard drive…

Submerge rest of unit into fish tank of conola oil or some other crystal natural bullshit that people are using now its like 9 bucks a quart…

And have fun…

Ive been thinking about doing it for quite awhile but for some reason I can see it getting quite messy

Some company recently acctualy made a fishtank looking case designed just for this… puts all the hard drives/cd roms up top on the lid… its pretty fuckin neat

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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/6 "2009-08-11T09:21:25Z")

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Well at this point I’m so pissed I’ll probably drop it in the tank plugged in so the fucker shorts and explodes, but not until my data is recovered.

60g uses completely different hardware and drivers so unfortunately the HD is not compatible with your system ☹ I’m looking to buy a 60g at the moment.

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**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/7 "2009-08-11T09:44:45Z")

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> [@Import vs domestic shootout.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/import-vs-domestic-shootout/20498/29):
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> Well at this point I’m so pissed I’ll probably drop it in the tank plugged in so the fucker shorts and explodes, but not until my data is recovered.
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> 60g uses completely different hardware and drivers so unfortunately the HD is not compatible with your system ☹ I’m looking to buy a 60g at the moment.

I was semi-joking about the submerge in oil thing, it works for cooling but your problem sounds like a bad temp sensor or software glitch. Backup your data and get the unit fixed or another one. just my $0.10 \<- had to raise it from 2 cents, freaking Obama taxes are killing me

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**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/8 "2009-08-11T09:46:07Z")

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did you try putting multiple layers of AS5 on so that it multiplies the cooling effect?

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**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/9 "2009-08-11T10:39:25Z")

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> [@Copying DVD's?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/copying-dvds/21502/5):
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> did you try putting multiple layers of AS5 on so that it multiplies the cooling effect?

i believe he ptu AS5 on everything he could

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**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/10 "2009-08-11T10:41:28Z")

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> [@WTB Cheap amp](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-cheap-amp/21500/5):
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> i believe he ptu AS5 on everything he could

As long as he spread it on the pins and contacts he should be okay.

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**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/11 "2009-08-11T10:43:59Z")

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> [@Which Radar Dectector Should I Buy?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-radar-dectector-should-i-buy/21485/17):
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> As long as he spread it on the pins and contacts he should be okay.

WAT? :rofl

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**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/12 "2009-08-11T10:50:51Z")

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did he put it on the inside of the case? i hear that works best to help cool the inside. As always apply in multiple layers for better performance.

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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/13 "2009-08-11T12:41:10Z")

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> [@The need for speed.....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-need-for-speed/21501/4):
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> I was semi-joking about the submerge in oil thing, it works for cooling but your problem sounds like a bad temp sensor or software glitch. Backup your data and get the unit fixed or another one. just my $0.10 \<- had to raise it from 2 cents, freaking Obama taxes are killing me

Oh I know you were joking, but I was seriously not when I said I might run this thing over.

I want to backup the HD but I can’t do that as I cannot keep the system operating long enough for me to even get the main screen up and loaded. All of ~10-15 seconds and the shit beeps and shuts down. Hence why I’m probably going to have to swap the drive into someones ps3 so I can do the data backup. I’'m going to just buy a 60gig unit like I should have in the first place.

Wayne, I did go buy some AS5 from a PC store right here in saratoga. worked good for a few days then progressively started gettign worse and worse.

I’d like to know if there is a remote thermal sensor in the PS3 and if so, where the fucker is.

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**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/14 "2009-08-11T12:47:11Z")

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> [@FS: 98 Turbo Cavalier Z24](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-98-turbo-cavalier-z24/21398/10):
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> Oh I know you were joking, but I was seriously not when I said I might run this thing over.
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> I want to backup the HD but I can’t do that as I cannot keep the system operating long enough for me to even get the main screen up and loaded. All of ~10-15 seconds and the shit beeps and shuts down. Hence why I’m probably going to have to swap the drive into someones ps3 so I can do the data backup. I’'m going to just buy a 60gig unit like I should have in the first place.
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> Wayne, I did go buy some AS5 from a PC store right here in saratoga. worked good for a few days then progressively started gettign worse and worse.
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> I’d like to know if there is a remote thermal sensor in the PS3 and if so, where the fucker is.

If that was teh case and it has one you can either somehow get another one or put a resistor on it and bypass it

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**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/15 "2009-08-11T13:35:06Z")

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Most temp sensors are either so small or built into a chip package that “swapping” a resistor in won’t work.

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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/16 "2009-08-11T13:46:31Z")

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> [@$5 paypal](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-paypal/21520/2):
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> Most temp sensors are either so small or built into a chip package that “swapping” a resistor in won’t work.

That’s my assumption and that’s it’s built into the chipset somewhere.

the cooling system of the PS3 uses two sinks over the main graphics CPS that feed to a sodium filled copper tube setup and finally down to the finned exchanger and a 3 stage fan.

aside from the two sink touching the main chips, there no other heat transfer from the components to the heatsink. If i knew where the elusive sensor was even remotely located in the case I could try to adapt a different heatsink to it.

Fuck you Sony…

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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/17 "2009-08-11T15:31:37Z")

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well I just got another big kick in the dick from Sony. Apparently you cannot swap drives between consoles. HD’s are embedded with chip data. Swapping into a different console requires a reformatt of the drive = losing all data.

So now I have to figure a way to keep this fucker running, or find a way to dump the data to a PC through an external drive case. It’s a segate 40gig HD. thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/18 "2009-08-11T15:40:45Z")

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dude fuck ps3 all together

and xbox 360 too

can u believe they get away with this shit, when it comes to the hardware ?

fucking crap hardware man

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**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/19 "2009-08-11T18:10:19Z")

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> [@WTBorrow: Someone with digital camera](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtborrow-someone-with-digital-camera/21529/2):
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> well I just got another big kick in the dick from Sony. Apparently you cannot swap drives between consoles. HD’s are embedded with chip data. Swapping into a different console requires a reformatt of the drive = losing all data.
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> So now I have to figure a way to keep this fucker running, or find a way to dump the data to a PC through an external drive case. It’s a segate 40gig HD. thoughts?

What does it use for a connection?

Is it a standard hard drive inside of sonys own enclosure?

If so its probably a SATA type drive in which case you can pry it out of the case and put it in an external enclousre

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**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-40g-owners/246037/20 "2009-08-11T18:14:07Z")

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I was reading up on PS3, the main OS is built into the board, not the HDD. I happen to have a 40gig…

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